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Jeremiah 2:24

a wild donkey at home in the wilderness, sniffing the wind in the heat of her desire. Who can restrain her passion? All who seek her need not weary themselves; in mating season they will find her.

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ASV

a wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind in her desire; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.

KJV

A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.

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16 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
פֶּ֣רֶה׀Pe.reha wild donkeyH6501 →
לִמֻּ֣דli.Mudaccustomed toH3928 →
מִדְבָּ֗רmid.Bara wildernessH4057 →
בְּאַוַּ֤תbe.'a.Vatin [the] lust ofH185 →
נַפְשָׁהּ֙na.fo.shahself itsH5315 →
שָׁאֲפָ֣הsha.'a.Fahit sniffsH7602 →
ר֔וּחַRu.ach[the] windH7307 →
תַּאֲנָתָ֖הּta.'a.na.Tahheat itsH8385 →
מִ֣יmiwho?H4310 →
יְשִׁיבֶ֑נָּהye.shi.Ve.nahwill he turn back itH7725 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
מְבַקְשֶׁ֙יהָ֙me.vak.Shei.ha[those who] seek itH1245 →
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808 →
יִיעָ֔פוּyi.'A.futhey will grow wearyH3286 →
בְּחָדְשָׁ֖הּbe.cha.de.Shahin month itsH2320 →
יִמְצָאֽוּנְהָ׃yim.tza.'U.ne.hathey will find itH4672 →

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Hosea 8:9For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey on its own. Ephraim has hired lovers.Jeremiah 14:6Wild donkeys stand on barren heights; they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail for lack of pasture.”Job 39:6I made the wilderness his home and the salt flats his dwelling.Jeremiah 2:27say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’ For they have turned their backs to Me and not their faces, yet in the time of trouble they beg, ‘Rise up and save us!’Hosea 5:15Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”Job 39:5–8Who set the wild donkey free? Who released the swift donkey from the harness?Job 24:5Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go to work foraging for food; the wasteland is food for their children.Job 39:2Can you count the months they are pregnant? Do you know the time they give birth?Job 39:5Who set the wild donkey free? Who released the swift donkey from the harness?Job 11:12But a witless man can no more become wise than the colt of a wild donkey can be born a man!

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The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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